A melding of ecology, botany, agriculture, community food systems, and cooking, Berries and Flour uses many uncommon plant crops in our products, some from local farms, fields, and forests. Each of these Midwest plants has its own story to tell!
By teaching how to recognize, harvest, process, grow, and consume more traditional, regional foods, we encourage folks to eat closer to home. This practice is ever so important considering many of the economic, social, and environmental issues we face today.
We readily collaborate with many individuals and organizations toward food accessibility and justice. We do cooking demos, give edible gardening lectures and foraging workshops. Our predominant “store front” is made up of local farmers markets, and our products can be found in our farm store and in regional stores.
Our wholesale commercial kitchen, permitted by IL Department of Public Health, enables us to produce our own value-added products, but also allows Berries and Flour to operate as a small-scale fruit and vegetable processing facility, and offer kitchen rental for other micro food operations. These activities contribute much-needed components of a strong local food system in Central Illinois!
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Thank you for your patronage and support of regional foods and growers!
-Heidi Leuszler (Owner/Head Chef)
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We are a very small business, so we need 8 days to process, schedule, and make your order. We may be able to make things sooner, but please communicate with us before you place an order.
Our webpage is under construction! Apologies for the inconvenience.
Please email berriesandflour@gmail.com for more information!
Harvest Goods
Our farm store often is stocked with delicious goods for you to choose from.
Harvest Goods
Syrups & Shrub Concentrates
8 oz bottles of syrups and shrubs (aka drinking vinegars). Syrups are made with fresh local fruit and cane sugar. Use them on pastries, to make sodas, or flavor kombucha and cakes/ icing!
Shrubs, or drinking vinegars, are an old drink that is coming back in fashion. You can add these to sparkling water to make a refreshing sweet-tart beverage, or make cocktails, or add them to salads for a bit of sweet tang.
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Dry Teas
All teas use as many locally-grown flowers, herbs, and spices as possible. All blends are caffeine-free.
Apple Meadow
5
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Basil Rose
5
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Chamomile Lavender
5
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Cinnamon Rose
5
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Elderberry
5
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Elderberry Spice
5
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Flower
5
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Lilac
5
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Midwest Chai
5
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Jam
4 oz jars of low-sugar jam full of locally-grown fruits and vegetables.
Apple Grapefruit Marmalade
6
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Carrot-Ginger Marmalade
6
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Elderberry
6
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Paw paw
6
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Wild Plum
6
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Quince
6
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Roasted Strawberry
6
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Salted Maple Peach
6
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Sugar Plum
6
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Woodland (aronia, pear, blueberry)
6
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Wild Cocktail Kits
All kits contain syrups and/or shrubs, garnishes, and recipes for 2-4 cocktails.
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Hot Chocolate
Stay warm with our creamy, decadent hot chocolate mixes this season!
Elderberry
5
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Lavender
5
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Spicebush (Appalachian Allspice)
5
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Samplers
Flight (five 2-oz bottles of syrups & sh
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Jam (six 1-oz jars)
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Rims (five 0.25-oz pouches)
15
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Cookies (one dozen variety)
20
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Cookies
A dozen cookies!
Basil Chocolate Sandwich
20
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Chocolate Chip Hickory
20
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Elderdoodles
20
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Flora Shortbread
20
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Pine Meringues
20
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Sampler
20
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